Attentional biases to body shape images in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: An exploratory eye-tracking study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 519-526

  Pinhas, Leora ^a,b   Fok, Kai Ho ^c   Chen, Anna ^b   Lam, Eileen ^d   Schachter, Reva ^a   Eizenman, Oren ^e   Grupp, Larry ^f   Eizenman, Moshe ^b,c,e  

^a ONTARIO SHORES CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e EL MAR Inc   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Attention bias; Eating disorders; Fat body shapes; Social interactions; Thin body shapes; Visual scanning behavior

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; EYE TRACKING; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFEEDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTENTION; BODY IMAGE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84908179536     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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